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Monument Number 224718
Hob Uid: 224718
Location : Wiltshire Savernake
Grid Ref : SU2144065910
Summary : A Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow was mapped and interpreted from lidar derived imagery as part of the Savernake Forest NMP project. The site had previously been recorded on the ground by Grinsell.
More information : (SU 21446591) Tumulus (NR). (1) Savernake 4; ditched bowl barrow, 20 paces in diameter by 3 1/2 ft high. (2) A ditched bowl barrow lying on an eastern slope under mature woodland. It measures 36.0m in overall diameter by 1.2m high with a ditch 0.4m deep. Published survey (25") revised on FSG/PFD. (3) The Bronze Age ditched bowl barrow described by the previous authorities was mapped and interpreted from lidar derived imagery as part of the Savernake Forest NMP project. The feature appeared as a mound c25m across surrounded by a ditch c4.5m wide and was partially truncated on the south-west edge by a later ditch, possibly a section of trackway recorded separately as part of record SU26NW 227. (4)

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Source details : OS 6" 1951
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Source details : VCH Wilts 1 pt 1 1957 189 (LV Grinsell)
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Source Number : 3
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Source details : F1 PAS 13-NOV-74
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Bowl Barrow
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 12216
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SU 26 NW 3
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1974-11-13
End Date : 1974-11-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH INTERPRETATION
Start Date : 2007-10-01
End Date : 2008-04-01

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 224718